Johnny Depp Options Memoir By West Memphis Three’s Damien Echols

As of right now there are four documentaries about the West Memphis 3 and a movie in development called The Devil's Knott. Now Johnny Depp, who's been a huge supporter or the WM3, and his production company Infinitum Nihil has optioned the rights to Damien Echols upcoming memoir, "which reveals his experiences on death row after his wrongful conviction and subsequent wrongful 18-year imprisonment for the 1993 murder of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas." The book is set to be released in September of 2012. 

For those of you not familiar with the story, back in 1993, Damien Echols, 36, Jason Baldwin, 34, and Jessie Misskelley, 36 were wrongly convicted for the May 1993 killings of three 8-year-old boys from West Memphis, Arkansas. At the time it was believed that the boys were killed as part of a satanic ritual. Last year, they were released from prison with the help of several supporters including Depp and Peter Jackson, who helped fund the private investigation that led to their freedom. 

Is this a story you've been following? If so, what are your thoughts on the documentaries that have been made and the movies that are going into production?